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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Jack M. Blount, M.D.

July 21, 1910 -- September 11, 2003

Philadelphia, Mississippi

by

Perry A.Chapdelaine,Sr., Ex. Dir./Sec.

The Arthritis Trust of America

Jack M. Blount, M.D.

Chairman & Chief Medical Officer

Jack M. Blount, M.D. was born in Hickory, MS, August 28,

1921. He received his undergraduate degree at “Ole Miss” (Uni-

versity of Mississippi) and his M.D. degree at George Washington

University, Washington, D.C.

Even prior to entry in medical school, Dr. Blount had the

misfortune to be afflicted with crippling rheumatoid arthritis, the

systemic disease visibly affecting his hands, feet and hips more

than other portions of his body.

As there was no known way to halt the disease by conven-

tional treatments, Jack later on had to have his hip joint replaced

twice. He also suffered a great deal from pain day and night, as most

of those afflicted with this terrible disease know. To halt the mind-

numbing pain, Jack took a large variety of traditional treatment

drugs and alcohol, until finally, like many arthritics, he despaired

of life itself.

Jack was a strong church member and had always been an

active contributor to charity and community needs, even to the

extent of having purchased and contributed a school bus for the

school system in his hometown of Philadelphia, MS.

Unless one has been thru the terrible affliction of rheumatoid

disease, it is almost impossible to describe the daily pain and

emotional travail that stems from it as well as from traditional

treatments. Perhaps only the common mistreatment of cancer can

be understood as more severe.

Little by little Jack watched his toes, feet, fingers, arms and

hips become twisted and virtually useless.

In what follows, we reproduce his own words describing his

long-time suffering as a very fitting tribute to his faith in God and

his long-standing hellish pain and disfigurement.

Once Jack had found a way to halt the progress of the disease

(through application of the English Professor Roger Wyburn-

Mason, M.D., Ph.D. treatment recomendations) Dr. Blount re-

opened his medical clinic and began treating all who requested it,

whether they could afford the price or not.

Dr. Blount treated more than 17,000 people by the Roger

Wyburn-Mason, Ph.D., M.D. method described on our website,

http://www.arthritistrust.org in our article “Arthritics’ Primary Treat-

ment Protocol.”

Gus J. Prosch, Jr., M.D. -- who later treated tens of thousands

of arthritics using the same protocol -- was himself cured of a seven-

year-standing backpain by Dr. Blount.

This writer, also suffering from what his family doctor de-

scribed as "galloping rheumatoid arthritis," was one of those cured

in six weeks by Dr. Blount.

Many years of traditional drug treatments as well as alcohol

used to numb present-time pain had taken a severe toll on Dr.

Blount's liver and other organs. One day some years ago Dr. Blount

became comatose. His wife, Carole, a trained nurse, called in a

physician who mis-diagnosed some form of mental problem, and

therefore Jack was brought to a psychiatric clinic in Meridian, MS.

This concerned writer visited Jack during his stay there,

finding that he was kept under deep narcotics and being given

electric shocks three times weekly. Jack was virtually unaware of

what occurred in his room from minute to minute.

When this irrational and damaging treatment was terminated

(for whatever reason), Jack was again diagnosed by a different

physician, who pointed to a failing liver problem.

Placed on a regimen which permitted his liver to recover to

some extent, Jack regained some semblance of his conscious

identity.

When this writer asked Jack why he'd permitted electric shock

treatment, he said, "Perry, had I been conscious I wouldn't have

permitted electric shock!"

When his wife was asked why she permitted electric shock, her

answer was "Well, it was the doctor's advice, and one must do what

the doctor says."

Carole was and is a lovely, loving person, and her response

certainly reflects that of the dutiful well-trained nurse embedded in

our customary medical practices.

Jack's severe pseudo-medical treatment left him mentally

impaired, but still able to function to a limited extent, whence he

became a physician for the care of aged people in a home for the

elderly. This did not last long, as Jack seemed to deteriorate

mentally and physically.

At one trip to the hospital for non-arthritic reasons, his stay so

weakened his muscles that once again he was unable to move about

without assistance. And, once again Carole became the full-time

home-nurse with a bed-ridden husband.

The changes in Jack's mental acuity, drive, and physical

activity after electric-shock treatment were obvious. Although

severely crippled, Jack's entire outlook had been to help folks with

similar arthritic disease. After damaging pseudo-treatment by psy-

chiatrists, Jack's life was virtually terminated, with little ambition

and a steady downward spiral.

Of course, one can excuse the psychiatrist, and rationalize and

ascribe Jack's final condition to that of his many years of alcoholism,

drug abuse, and other pain-relievers which damaged his liver and

other organs. But even with all those negative factors, prior to

electric shock treatment, he was up daily working to help other folks

conquer their insidious and misunderstood disease process.

After the electric shock, not only rational integration was

increasingly lessened, but also drive -- within himself and for the

plight of others.

Please note that Jack Blount, along with Wyburn-Mason, were

honored for their work in helping others toward wellness by naming

this foundation after them, it’s official name being "The Roger

Wyburn-Mason and Jack M. Blount Foundation for the Eradication

of Rheumatoid Disease," also for short called either "The Rheuma-

toid Disease Foundation" or "The Arthritis Trust of America.

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